Happy Independence Day
ShawnOL
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Happy 4th to all you BOTL.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
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I’ll gladly echo that sentiment... 👍👍
Happy 4th
Ribs & Beer!
Ditto!
Happy 4th err body! Enjoy the day and cut loose!
I knew I was forgetting something, I've got the ribs smoking, I'll conform and grab a beer on the way out to the back yard from roasting up some coffee.
H A P P Y 4 t h o f J U L Y ! ! !
Happy 4th of July and man you gotta be related to Dan Blocker (Big Hoss),
Hahaha. Your right! Have had NUMEROUS people say that. Business trips in Florida, Georgia and here in MS. People have always mentioned the resemblance.
A little fire to keep the chill away.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Commiefornia outlawed 4th of July, w/ a $10K fine, in fact... so the People with a big P took matters into their own hands:
Ain't that a joy to see?
Same deal here, BTW. The U of DE cancelled their display, so firework nutz in every neighborhood took over. Never saw such a prolonged display.
Righteous.
I don't think the People with a big P are conservative or overly patriotic for that matter. I also doubt they were spurred into spending $$$ on fireworks because Governor Noisesome told them not to.
They've been illegal and ever present in San Jose for years.
The illegal shows have been enormous for the last decade. There are usually more people parked in the hills surrounding the City than at the Official City Show.
If you want to bomb me send it to Tony @0patience
If you are a newbie I got Dem nachos....
I'm of the mind that EVERY day should be Independence Day so more people might remember why.
And here we are wearing masks, refused service everywhere we go unless we have one on our face because some Liberal governor wants to keep the emergency going even though Covid is not even presently an issue in the State. The CIA media campaign has taken over the nation, most folks live in fear and many more just do as they are told, like good little slaves.
I remember telling my Dad how I wanted to defend our freedoms and he knew how proud I was to be a soldier. I have to tell you now, I'm not just disappointed, I am completely disgusted with this country. Seriously, how can people let it get this bad, anyway? The idea of promoting independence from Britain, from the rule of the tyrant kings of England and their taxation and politicking is what spurned the revolution which birthed this country. The founders of this nation staked their lives, the lives of their families, their wealth and property, everything on that slim chance to live free and sovereign.
And here we are today, here we are. I don't feel proud of a damned thing.
No doubt I let the wish make the observation.
I can tell you what happened here, Pribate fireworks have long been banned. Ordinarily, we see two tall tall fireworks shows from the back yard: Wilmington's Banning Park to the Northwest, and U of DE's stadium to the Southwest. The evening will be preceded by sparklers and firecrackers in the street. Like so many blue states, our Dem governor has issued a flurry of fiats most every day. Those public fireworks are the ones recently banned by proclamation. The private firecrackers have always been outlawed, This year, crackers and bottle rockets went off all week. On the night itself, the private stuff turned into exploding rockets that went on for hours and hours. From our second floor windows, the neighborhoods looked about like that drone and copter footage I posted. I collected burnt paper detritus from my back yard.
Just now, out on the smoking porch enjoying a cool morning, I overheard a couple of young men from the "sober house" next door arguing about who owed what to the other for his share of the fireworks they set off.
Not much of a fireworks guy myself. But back when I was building my schooner in Alviso, just North of San Jose, I knew a drug dealer, we'll call him Alonso, who would blow thousands on the real mortars and such. Fireworks were his thing. Literally, a truckload from Mexico. I helped dig holes to bury the mortars one year, in a safe place pointed at the swamp, at a boatyard beside the slough.. We were all sitting round admiring when two cops came by. We had a lookout, because .Alonso was experienced. Immediately, Alonso went to negotiate with the cops, because he had experience. His ten year old son Oscar had been alerted to stop dropping the shells himself. When the cops walked in, a designated adult showed how safely we all stepped back as an adult responsibly dropped a shell or two. We offered them folding chairs and Tecates. They declined, as they had other complaints to visit. Very friendly and understanding fellows. They left. Oscar went back to work. The show ended much later with a 10,000 firecracker wheel which must have taken 20 deafening minutes to explode. When it was done, we shoveled the trash that it made into the campfire, where it detonated in desultory manner through the night. We staggered home. Second best fireworks I ever attended.
Best was engineered by a one-eyed Chinese fellow missing a couple of fingers sent out to Pohnpei by the Japanese. Japan had a more impressive species of foreign aid than did the US back then. They provided things like fiberglass skiffs with Yamaha motors, and shows like this one, instead of Peace Corps nerds. The old boomer had a keen sense of dramatic timing. I watched from the deck of a ketch, where we tended a couple of buckets just in case. He set off his mortars from a pair of rafts moored in the lagoon.